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Hive13I would love to do that. That looks like an amazing experience.
9058Now I dont want to sound like an idiot since i actually skipped physics years ago, but I thought an object due to gravity being constant only has a max speed in which it can decend. This makes it sound like if you are high enough your speed of decent can be infinite.
twiddlesSorry but have to *discard this is as s dupe of this video: http://www.videosift.com/video/Boards-of-Canada-Dayvan-Cowboy-video
(I'll fix the tags up for that video.)
and you can also find a documentary about the jump here: http://www.videosift.com/video/First-Man-In-Space-Skydiving-from-the-edge-of-the-world
siftbotDiscarding this post - discard requested by member twiddles.
snoozedoctorYep, looks like a duplicate.
In regards to the question about acceleration due to gravity and "terminal" velocity....I wasn't a physics major either, if fact I can't differentiate or integrate myself out of a paper sack, but here goes.... Objects, regardless of mass accelerate at 32 ft/sec2 at sea level. Because the force of gravity is inversely proportional to distance squared, the further away you are from the surface of the earth, the slower would be the acceleration towards the earth's surface. If fact, objects dropped from great heights would continue to accelerate, if it were not due to the resistance of the atmosphere. Eventually, the friction with the atmosphere equals the force of the gravity, acceleration stops and "terminal" velocity has been reached. At least, I think that's how it works.
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